Medical and Science Information
FOR K-12 SCIENCE STUDENTS
Biology
- AGAINST THE ODDS: MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN GLOBAL HEALTH
- How communities work to improve the quality of the Classroom resourced included.
- MedlinePlus
- easy to read health information. An excellent source for all ages. Also available in Spanish
- Rewriting the Book of Nature: Charles Darwin and the Rise of Evolutionary Theory
- Explores the scientific discoveries and contributions of Charles Darwin
- PubMed(r) /MEDLINE(r)
- A Citation index for articles from medical and life science journals. View the PubMed tutorial for site navigation.
- Visible Human Project
- Complete, automatically detailed, 3D representative of the normal male and female human bodies
Chemistry
- ChemIDplus(r)/Chemicals Page
- View and manipulate chemical structures for more than 4000,000 chemicals. Creat cis and trans models, conduct structure similarity searches and view chemical synonyms.
Environmental Health Science
- View and manipulate chemical structures for more than 4000,000 chemicals. Creat cis and trans models, conduct structure similarity searches and view chemical synonyms.
- ChemIDplus(r)/Chemicals Page
- ToxMystery
- Interactive site teaching elementary school students about toxic substances in the home. Includes lesson plans and activities. Also available in Spanish.
Health Information Tutorials
- Interactive site teaching elementary school students about toxic substances in the home. Includes lesson plans and activities. Also available in Spanish.
- Evaluating Internet Health Information Tutorial
- Learn how to evaluate health information found on the web. Middle School and up.
- Finding and Using Health Statistics
- Course in health statistics. Also includes strategies for locating health statistics.
- Guide to health web surfing
- what to look for when evaluating the quality of health information on the internet
- Understanding medical words
- Tutorial for consumers on understanding medical terminology